Thursday, October 24, 2013

The House with Laughing Windows (1976)

A.M.A. Film (Italy)
Directed by Pupi Avati
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Image Entertainment)

An artist is hired to restore a painting in a church in a small Italian village. He becomes interested in the life of the artist and slowly learns about his past. One day the friend who got him the job is pushed out of a window and dies. The townspeople are unfriendly, gossipy and a few are downright weird, including a drunk and an altar boy. He is booted out of the hotel and moves into a house with a paralyzed lady upstairs. He starts a romantic relationship with a pretty schoolteacher. All of these plot threads go nowhere until the ludicrous ending reveals hidden identities and motivations.

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